The Bouncing Souls – ‘Battleground’

Asbury Park, N.J., punk rock legends The Bouncing Souls are premiering a video for their new song Battleground today via CLRVYNT. Watch the video here.

Along with the video, the new track is available for purchase through iTunes. Proceeds from the purchase of Battleground will benefit the Indigenous Environmental Network.

In regards to the song, The Bouncing Souls vocalist Greg Attonito said:

“In our almost 30 years as a band we have chosen to make our political statement by how we live our lives. We have made a conscious effort with our music to positively effect the current paradigm, bring people together and hopefully be a part of creating a more kind, respectful and understanding world.

It appears we as a society are potentially on the verge of taking a huge backward step on that journey towards a better world. We have been inspired by this intense moment in our history to create a direct energetic statement through this new song, ‘Battleground,’ which we’ve chosen to release just after Inauguration Day because it marks what is possibly one of the most significant moments in our recent history. We feel its important to use the platform we’re lucky enough to have as artists to do our best to speak up for the basic human rights which seem to be at serious risk.

The song ‘Battleground’ was inspired by recent events at Standing Rock and the ongoing attacks on human rights all over the world. It’s a call to everyone to stand up for our collective rights, for kindness and respect for all people and the Earth. A portion of the profits of each download will be donated to www.ienearth.org, an organization created to ‘educate and empower indigenous people to address and develop strategies for the protection of our environment, our health, and all life forms – the Circle of Life.’ We encourage you to purchase the song and make a donation if you can. Thank you.”

The Bouncing Souls will tour the U.S. west coast in March. Check out the dates below.

The Bouncing Souls tour dates:

Feb. 18, 2017: Boston, MA at Agganis Arena #
March 16: Santa Ana, CA at The Observatory *
March 17: Los Angeles, CA at The Roxy Theater ^
March 18: Phoenix, AZ at Festival
March 20: Fresno, CA at Strummer’s *
March 21: San Francisco, CA at Slim’s *
March 22: San Francisco, CA at Slim’s *
March 24: Portland, OR at Hawthorne Theatre *
March 25: Boise, ID at Treefort Festival

# = with Frank Turner, The Arkells, Will Varley
* = with AJJ, Get Dead
^ = with Get Dead, The Bombpops